Bobby. wrote on May 14^th, 2011 at 11:00am:



That statement by 'the cops' would carry a lot more weight if they actually CAUGHT 9/10 burglars.  But since they'd be lucky to catch a quarter of that, it is simply an empty soundbite.  Not that I'm pro-heroin or anything, but I do prefer facts to throwaway lines by rookie cops.

Bobby. wrote on May 13^th, 2011 at 11:05am:


Actually it is the "lack" of heroin that is creating those withdrawal symptoms, and if Heroin were legally prescribed, and administered, to "registered" addicts, we would see the use, and illegal supply of Heroin plummet.
In fact, once you take the money out of the equation, then you drastically alter the whole dynamic of the drug supply/user relationship, and you would not see young pop stars writing songs about how cool it is to use smack, and you would not have rebellious young teens emulating their idols and "experimenting" with hard drugs to invest in their stock of "coolness".

Also if young people do not have to seek out a dealer of illegal drugs to obtain Cannabis, they will also not be put in situations where they see other young folk using other drugs, and hence begin to see the use of these other drugs "normalised" in their eyes.

There is no natural progression from one drug to another, apart from the social connection, and if Heroin addicts were just seen as sad old farts going to get their daily dose of poison from a registered practitioner, rather than live fast, die young, rebels, then the whole mystery, charisma, that truly does surround the hard drug scene, would rapidly evaporate into nothing more than a slightly unattractive medical condition, to be avoided wherever possible.